Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. While I am not suffering from symptoms, I am affected. One of the sweetest, smartest and most wonderful people I know, my fellow blogger and BFF Selena is a Fibromyalgia sufferer!

She deals with so many things and I think it's the lack of energy and living in constant pain that gets to her. But she is amazing! She deals with it the best she can by, among other things "Finding a balance between being open to trying new things to treat my health problems and living within a budget; setting up trial periods to evaluate if something is working and stopping if I am not getting any benefits"

She is an inspiration to be sure and she is living with a disease that isn't easily recognized by society or even the medical community. That needs to change. Read on below to pledge your support. For more about what living with "Fibro" is about, read Selena's blog at ohmyachesandpains.blogspot.com.

TAKE THE PLEDGE:


Family & Friends: Pledge to Care About Fibromyalgia



This is the pledge that family and friends of people living with fibromyalgia are encouraged to take at the National Fibromyalgia Association website.


We pledge to:

ALWAYS STAND BESIDE LOVED ONES with fibromyalgia, and support the patients’ quest for a better quality of life.

ACT AS AN ADVOCATE to insure that loved ones receive the best possible medical care.

BE RESPECTFUL OF LOVED ONES’ PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, and help—or get help—when it is needed.

EDUCATE OTHERS about fibromyalgia and encourage them to provide people with fibromyalgia with support and understanding.

ADVOCATE for improved treatments, expanded research and an increased awareness and acceptance of fibromyalgia.

UNCONDITIONALLY LOVE the people in my life who have fibromyalgia.

>>> Are you ready to take the pledge?

Go to: www.fmaware.org to take the PLEDGE TO CARE and to find out more info about this disease. When you take the Pledge to Care about people living with Fibromyalgia. Your first initial, last name and state will appear at the NFA "WE CARE" web page, along with the first inital and last name of any person you wish to honor.